Set straight after City of Glass.

Jace and Clary are going back to the Penhallow's house alone.

J/C fluff

Just to Be With You

The two shadowhunters walked hand in hand down the pathway to the Penhallow's house. As they reached the door Clary felt Jace hesitate, unsure if he still belonged there after killing Sebastian and although it wasn't actually Sebastian Verlac he'd killed he found it hard to think of him as Jonathan, as the boy he'd thought he was. Clary tugged on his sleeve softly to remind him he was here and now, not back then when everything had gone wrong.

The others were still back at the festival dancing and drinking fey wines so for the moment it was just them alone and they both felt the mood change as they realised it. Something sparked inside of Jace and he couldn't seem to get the door open fast enough. He led Clary up the wide stairs of the house into the room he'd called home for the past weeks. She followed along breathlessly trying to keep up with the pace he didn't know he'd been travelling at. When they reached the dark room he dropped her hand and walked in quickly, switching on the light as he went. Clary stood in the doorway, the light bouncing of her hair as she watched Jace picking up clothes from the floor and carelessly throwing them into his cupboard. When he'd finished the frantic clean up he finally looked at her. He cringed slightly, expecting her to have noticed the monkey print boxers he'd hidden under his bed but there was no trace of laughter in her eyes, there was only one emotion there that made Jace's breath catch in his throat and heart quicken.

She walked over to him slowly, almost hesitantly until they stood so close their foreheads rested against the others. He could tell from the blush in her cheeks that she didn't know where to go from there and he admitted to himself regretfully that nor did he, it wasn't like back at the Wayland house, he had no excuse to be as careless as he had then although he wanted to. He didn't even know if what he wanted right now was what Clary had intended when she'd asked him to walk with her. It had happened too fast and now he regretted bringing her here, feeling stupid, all she'd wanted was a walk and he brought her here, to do what?

Clary read the questions in Jace's eyes as his smile turned to a frown, doubting himself again. She sighed softly and he looked up at her wondering what had made her sad all of a sudden.
"Clary" he started then stopped, trying to think of what to say next "we don't have to…" he left the statement open not knowing how to put into words what he'd wanted just a few moments ago. He looked down as his cheeks burned and he muttered a curse at himself for being so unsure of himself, he was Jace Wayland, he'd been with girls before and none had ever made him think twice about anything before. But with Clary it was different, he didn't want what he wanted, he wanted what she wanted. He pulled himself together a little and was about to say goodnight when her lips caught him
in his words and he stumbled back in surprise.

"Clary what..?" he tried to ask but her lips brushed against his once more and he no longer thought he'd be able to produce a stable sentence so instead he kissed her back with more intensity than he had ever even dreamed of kissing her. Her breath came quickly as his hands slid up and down her back and he felt a little more in control of the situation until her hands slid to his waist and he gasped as one of her fingers slipped at the edge of his shorts.
"Sorry" she whispered shakily and he could hear the embarrassment in her voice. He laughed against her throat and then took her mouth in his once more. They stood like that for a few moments more until both were out of breath and Jace pulled away to look at her. Her lips were redder then ever from where he had nibbled softy at the edges and her eyes seemed to beg him to continue but maybe that was just his imagination. He didn't want to push her too far so he stood awkwardly waiting for her to motion any sort of signal as to what next.

"Jace I…" she looked down at her hands, still around his waist and he felt her grip slowly loosen. "Clary don't" he told her softly and moved in closer so her hands pushed back against him and her body was so close he could feel her heart beat against his chest. Although he didn't want to push her he couldn't help himself from wanting to be close to her, to have no space between them ever again. He'd gone too long keeping away from her and now that they could finally be together it seemed even harder for them to actually be together.
"You don't have to say anything Clary, I know" he smiled and hoped his face hid his brief disappointment. He didn't want to be that way with Clary; he didn't want her to be just another girl. He knew if they started kissing again he wouldn't be able to control himself so instead he reached behind himself and unlinked her hands from his back and held them up to his face.
"Jace I'm sorry… It's just too soon after everything that's happened" she looked up at him sadly; she really felt she was in some way disappointing him but seeing her face now, he knew she never could.
"Clary, all I need…" he kissed the faded scar on her wrist "Is your company, nothing more" he finished with another kiss.

He pulled her tight to himself then just to hold her.

"I love you Jace" she whispered shyly into his chest.
"I know" he laughed softly as he buried his face into her hair.

AN: Hope you enjoyed it. The rest of the chapters go on to tell Jace and Clary's story but if your just into some ONESHOT fluff then that's all good too (: